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Re: The Paycheck Fairness Act

Posted: Thu, 07 Jun 2012 22:04:24
by tursiops
FiremanBob wrote:And my point is that tursiops does not seem to understand how the federal government actually works.
You may be right. i only spent twenty years working in it. Twenty very long years.

Re: The Paycheck Fairness Act

Posted: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 08:54:19
by FiremanBob
Obviously not on the political side.

Re: The Paycheck Fairness Act

Posted: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:11:50
by dorminWS
tursiops wrote:
FiremanBob wrote:And my point is that tursiops does not seem to understand how the federal government actually works.
You may be right. i only spent twenty years working in it. Twenty very long years.
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:doh:
In that case, don't ever try to tell us again that you appreciate what is going on in or are connected in a meaningful way with the real world that we mere citizens live in. You've just admited not only that you do/are not; you've also explained why.

Re: The Paycheck Fairness Act

Posted: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 11:03:57
by scott9050
tursiops wrote:FiremanBob, you are trying much too hard to make my posts and attitudes into something they are not. My point is that one should not use stupid things Congress does as reasons to hate Obama. That's as useless as claiming that he is responsible for gasoline prices (which only happens when the prices are going up, I've observed, not when they are going down, like now).
You don't honestly believe that the Democratic machine and Obama did not give their blessing and pull the strings behind this bill, do you? Nothing happens without the approval of Godfather Obama.

Re: The Paycheck Fairness Act

Posted: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 11:06:55
by scott9050
tursiops wrote:
FiremanBob wrote:And my point is that tursiops does not seem to understand how the federal government actually works.
You may be right. i only spent twenty years working in it. Twenty very long years.
The janitor at NASA can probably claim the same, but does that mean he knows how to fly the shuttle? My dad worked for 42 years for the Feds and he never would have made that claim if he were alive.

Re: The Paycheck Fairness Act

Posted: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 11:57:16
by tursiops
So now I was a janitor?
LOL

i was a Senior Executive in two different cabinet departments (Commerce and DOD), and spent most of my time working with (and against!) political appointees. I served under four administrations, both parties.

I'm 70, I spent 20 years in Gov (retired in 2007). So I have plenty of experience outside of gov, and now run a small consulting company.

And what gives you guys the experience and background to make your all-encompassing statements? Fox News?

Re: The Paycheck Fairness Act

Posted: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:18:43
by ratherfish
tursiops wrote:So now I was a janitor?
LOL

i was a Senior Executive in two different cabinet departments (Commerce and DOD), and spent most of my time working with (and against!) political appointees. I served under four administrations, both parties.

I'm 70, I spent 20 years in Gov (retired in 2007). So I have plenty of experience outside of gov, and now run a small consulting company.

And what gives you guys the experience and background to make your all-encompassing statements? Fox News?
Re-read the comment.

Your assumption is false.

Re: The Paycheck Fairness Act

Posted: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:13:17
by FiremanBob
Then why would you give us a high-school civics version of how laws get made, despite thousands of pages and hours of video in memoirs, biographies, and investigative reporting that provide the real story? We weren't born yesterday.

Re: The Paycheck Fairness Act

Posted: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:09:24
by ratherfish
He doesn't realize that at least 15 here are reading the comments with the same or better credentials.

Re: The Paycheck Fairness Act

Posted: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:31:06
by dorminWS
A wise man once said , "He who rests on his laurels is wearing them on the wrong end."